Tiger didn't heed Duke's advice to rest, still grabbed his wrist and asked urgently, "How do you plan to rescue His Highness the Holy Maiden, Lord Duke?"

"Well, if I need to see all the soldiers in the city come in, of course Lenia and I will follow. ”

In fact, Duke has not yet made up his mind how to rescue him, and is still thinking of taking advantage of Tiger's cleansing efforts to gather his subordinates to discuss.

It's just that now Tiger asked, he had to say his rough intentions, but he didn't expect Tiger to shake his head directly after hearing it.

Duke frowned when he shook his head, "What's wrong?"

If Tiger dislikes these people's combat effectiveness is not enough, then he has no choice, and the crazy woman of Agnes can most likely have to wait for death.

An army of this size is already the strongest force that the northern fortress can take, but fortunately, Tiger doesn't care about that, he thinks that the number of people arranged by Duke is too much.

"Lord Duke, the place where Her Highness the Holy Maiden is trapped is far away from us, and we can organize a rapid reinforcement of cavalry troops, so that we may arrive within five days. ”

In five days?

Duke really didn't expect Agnes to be so far away from the northern fortress, and if such a large army advanced in the depths of the dark mountain range with complex terrain, it might take more than three times as long, and then the only role might be to help Her Highness collect the body, although five days is not a short time.

But when he thought of the cavalry troops, Duke's face was not good-looking, because the military budget was insufficient before, and there were not a few military horses in the northern fortress at all, and he couldn't muster up the cavalry troops that had always been strong.

Lenia, who was on the side, knew the difficulties of her family, so she preemptively spoke: "We only have a dozen military horses, and they may not play a role in the rescue. ”

Tiger stared at Duke, obviously not expecting that a duke's army would not even be able to gather a hundred war horses, but the assistance to His Highness the Holy Maiden could not allow him to think much about it.

He gritted his teeth and said: "Don't worry, most of the monsters brought by the 'Calamity' have been desperately wiped out by my comrades, and the remaining dozen or so people should also be able to deal with it, please don't hesitate to send troops to the rescue now!"

Before he could finish speaking, he knelt down cleanly, took Duke's hand and held on, his eyes fixed on Duke's eyes.

Duke was in a dilemma, a dozen people ventured into the mysterious Dark Mountains, and he had to face powerful cultists, he always felt unsure, and wanted to consult with everyone before making a decision.

But what Tiger meant was that Duke wouldn't let him go if he didn't agree on the spot.

"Lord, I agree with the idea of the Tiger Knights, we can organize a rescue team. Lenia then spoke out in favor of Tiger's idea.

"But ....."

"Lord, I'll explain the situation to you later. Seeing that her lord was still worried, Lenia leaned over and whispered to Duke's ear.

Thinking that Lenia had always been inclined to protect herself from harm and did not like to take risks, Duke finally reluctantly agreed.

Seeing Duke agree to the rescue, Tiger was overjoyed and was about to get up from the ground. Lenia, however, put her hand on his shoulder, relieved him of the strength to stand up, and knelt down again, looking up at the serious face of the Chief Knight Lady with a blank expression.

"So Tiger Knight, can you tell me why you're here alone as Supreme Commander?"

Lenia pressed one hand on Tiger's shoulder, the other on the hilt of her sword, staring into his eyes and asking word by word.

Duke only realized at this time, as the supreme commander of the Holy Guard, it really didn't seem like Tiger should be here.

According to the tradition of the Templar, the higher the position of the army, the more important it is to lead by example, and if the army is negative, the chances of the Lord being alive are not very high, and there should be a special herald in the guard.

Thinking of this, he also looked at Tiger suspiciously, wondering if he had escaped from the battle and came to ask for help.

Tiger was stunned by Lenia's question, and then tears rolled down his eyes like a flood, and cried: "I originally wanted to live and die with my comrades, but they sacrificed themselves to fight for me to ask for help, I hope that Lord Duke will not doubt my intentions." When Her Highness is safe, I will naturally cut myself away from accompanying the robe in front of the church. ”

These words were sincere, and tears were sprinkled on the ground as if they were not pressing the money, and both Duke and Lenia were a little moved, so they no longer suppressed Tiger who was kneeling.

He stood up, wiped his eyes with his hands, and begged again: "Please send troops to rescue the Duke quickly, I'm afraid that Her Highness the Holy Maiden won't be able to last longer!"

Duke looked at his embarrassed appearance, and persuaded him a little reluctantly: "You go to rest first, it will take some time for us to gather manpower, you might as well clean up." ”

Tiger stood still for a while, then finally nodded and agreed to Duke's suggestion, and followed the guards who came up to the back camp to clean and rest, and then came over to act as a guide after Duke had put his men in order.

"Lord, Tiger Knight's words can't be fully trusted!"

After Tiger couldn't see it at all, Lenia said this to Duke.

"Oh?" said Duke looked at Lenia in surprise, a little confused as to where she could tell that Tiger had a problem.

"Although his armor was stained with blood and mud, the blood was someone else's, and his body was covered with small wounds from some branches, which did not bleed so much, and it looked like he had smeared it himself. ”

Lenia made Duke think for thought when she said the first suspicion, and she added, "He said that after a bloody battle, but when I tested him just now, I found that his fighting spirit was full, there was no sign of overconsumption, and his armor was basically intact, and his magic power and protection did not look like he had gone through a hard battle. ”

"You say, could he have escaped from the battle?"

After listening to Lenia's observations, Duke also voiced his guesses, and he felt that both of them seemed to match the state of the escapees.

As for the request for reinforcement, it may be because he is afraid of the consequences of losing the Holy Maiden, or it may be because he has a conscience or something.

"If that's the case, it's fine, it only shows that his morals are not in line with his knightly status, and there is no threat to us. I'm just worried......" Lenia said but fell silent, her delicate face full of worry.

Duke looked at her with some strange looks, a look of worry that rarely appeared on the face of a strong knight.

So he asked, "Just worried about what?"

"Don't forget, his father is still in our dungeon. ”